What will be the winter of 2014 - 2015, weather forecasts
As you know, before people could foresee,what will be the winter, following the popular signs. But today they "do not work," as many of today's factors influence the forthcoming weather, namely, catastrophic environmental pollution, ozone depletion, greenhouse effect, global warming, and increased solar activity. These and many other factors lead to the fact that the climate on our planet is rapidly changing.
Global warming of the atmosphere on our planetleads to the fact that every year the area of the Arctic ice decreases, which serve as a protective shield of the planet and drastically affect climate change in Europe. It's no secret that the weather in the winter on the European continent forms the warm current of the Gulf Stream and the so-called "breathing of the Arctic". With an increase in the temperature of the world's oceans, the ocean currents of the Gulf Stream (the North Ocean) and El Niño (the equatorial part of the Pacific Ocean) are slowing.
Warm tropical water, giving off heat, therebyprotects Europe from fierce arctic frosts, creating conditions for temperate winters. But its influence weakens, the Gulf Stream slows down its course, and as a result - all this leads to an abnormal temperature decrease in winter.
Extremely cold winters in Europe,continuing for several months, are very rare, but still they happen. Last time the anomalously cold and long winter weather forecasters were fixed in 1963.
According to the forecasts of European experts,based on scientific research and climate analysis, the previous European winters 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, the upcoming winter 2014-2015. will be relatively cold and can start very early. Temperature fluctuations will be within normal limits, anomalously low temperatures are expected, but they will be short-lived.
Weather forecast for October 2014 - February 2015
In mid-October, residents of most of Europefeel the first breath of winter. Daytime air temperature on average will be 8-15 degrees Celsius above zero, and at night, the first frosts are expected with an air temperature of -3 to -1 degrees Celsius below zero. With the onset of frosts on the European continent, the first heavy precipitation in the form of wet snow can come.
In November 2014 with the arrival of Arctic cold air masses on European territory, a significant drop in temperature is expected, both during the day and at night. Strong frosts will become the norm for Europeans. Minus temperatures range from -12 to -8 degrees Celsius and heavy snowfalls are expected in the second half of the month.
December 2014 will be frosty, averagethe temperature will be about -12 degrees, the precipitation will stop. At the end of the month, under the influence of warm air masses from the Atlantic, the frosts will drop to -5 degrees and snow will begin.
The beginning of January 2015 will be snowy, and the daytimethe temperature will range from -15 to -10 degrees. With the approach of the third decade of the month, a sharp drop in temperature to -20 degrees is predicted, and precipitation will cease. At the very end of January, the frosts will be considerably weakened to -10 degrees, there will come a time of heavy snowfalls.
With the onset of February, snowfalls will not stop andwill bring significant warming to the territory of Europe, the average daily temperature will be from -5 to -1 degrees. Near the end of the month, frosts will intensify, and the temperature will drop to -20 degrees.
But do not despair, because the last month of winter will come the long-awaited spring and thaw!
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